What's the Edge Case?
Building software means not only considering the data people expect, but also edge cases. Steve asks if you know what those edge cases are?
Build Your Own SQL Server Central Monitoring Solution with PowerShell
In this article, we look at how to use PowerShell scripts to query all of your SQL Server instances to build your own central monitoring solution.
How monitoring tools can help you excel at your job
Want to make the most of your scarce resources and do your job even better? Join us at PASS Data Community Summit, from November 15-18, and learn how database monitoring tools can speed up your maintenance tasks and give you the time to support strategic initiatives.
Practical IOT
The use of IoT and lots of data is allowing governments to better serve their citizens.
Losing Skills Because of Automation
When I was younger, it seemed that everyone I worked with in technology knew how to build a computer. Most knew how to work with a BIOS, were comfortable with command lines, and could assemble complex compiler directives into a Make file. Over time, it seems many people, especially Windows and MacOS users, became focused […]
The Art of Data Ingestion - Part 1
Data movement is a fundamental piece of a data engineer’s duties, and recently I’ve been thinking about the art of data movement. What are some of the most important pieces that a data engineer needs to think about when confronted with data ingestion? There is of course data exporting as well, and in that case, […]
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Refresh a Power BI Dataset using Microsoft Power Automate
Learn how to refresh a Power BI dataset by integrating Power Automate into the report.
Psychological Safety
Building psychological safety inside of a company is hard, but it is important to build trust and develop a team.
Women as Tech Leads – Tackling the Challenges at the Data Community Summit
The WIT panel at this year's PASS Data Community Summit includes a number of women who will answer questions on growing your career and rising up the org chart within your organization.
Blogs
Flyway Tips: AI Helps with Commit Messages
By Steve Jones
At Redgate, we’re experimenting with how AI can help developers and DBAs become better...
Startup scripts in SQL Server containers
I was messing around performing investigative work on a pod running SQL Server 2025...
Using SQL Compare with Redgate Data Modeler
By Steve Jones
Redgate recently released SQL Compare v16, which included a new feature to work with...
Forums
What is Page Density
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T-SQL in SQL Server 2025: Fuzzy String Search II
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Azure-SSIS, Self-Hosted Integration Runtime, & Data Gateway?
Looking to confirm my understanding of these three products and how they can be...
Question of the Day
What is Page Density
In SQL Server, there is a concept of page density. This is determined by how much data is stored on each page. What is a page density of 90%?
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